Bruce R. Thompson, Chief Financial Officer, Bank of America

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Bruce R. Thompson is chief financial officer at Bank of America with responsibility for all finance functions as well as Corporate Treasury, Investor Relations and Corporate Investments. He is a member of the company’s executive management team.

Prior to his current role, Thompson was chief risk officer for Bank of America, responsible for working with the company’s lines of business to identify and navigate credit, market and operational risk to support sustainable growth. Thompson also served as managing director and head of Global Capital Markets (GCM) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. As head of GCM, he had accountability for Equity Capital Markets, Investment Grade Capital Markets, Leveraged Acquisition Finance, High Yield Capital Markets, Debt Advisory Services, Loan Capital Markets, and Global Origination for Rates and Currencies. Before serving as the head of GCM, Thompson held senior leadership positions in the Global Credit Products (GCP) group, including co-head of the entire GCP platform and head of Global Leveraged Finance.

Thompson joined Banc of America Securities high-yield origination group as a managing director in 1996, and was named head of U.S. Leveraged Finance Debt Capital Markets in 2006.

Thompson currently sits on the Audit/Finance Committee at the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees at the University of Virginia and is a member of the board of trustees of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.